INCONVENIENT TRUTHS ABOUT GLOBALIZATION
Monday, November 24
36. Societies of Rage and Ressentiment.
Today's Assumption: Politics and anger have always gone hand and hand, but
there is something new about anger over the last few centuries.
THANKSGIVING BREAK: NOVEMBER 24-30
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Monday, December 1
37. Global Liberalism and the Spread of Western
Values.
Inconvenient Truth #1: "The Spread of Global Liberalism is
Irrational"
Scruton: The West and the Rest, ch. 4.
Benjamin Barber: "Jihad vs. McWorld"
John Rapley: "The New Middle Ages," Foreign
Affairs (May-June 2006) (Reader).
"Pirates and Poverty"
Wednesday, December 3
38.
Beyond the Nation-State: International Terrorism.
Inconvenient Truth #2: "Global Terrorism is Rational."
Sanche de Gramont, "The Transformation of Moral Idealism into Violent Revolution" (PDF FILE)
Dale Eickelman: “The public sphere, the Arab
‘Street’, and the Middle East's Democracy Deficit": HERE
Osama bin Laden: “Transcript of Speech,” Al Jazeera.com, Nov. 1,
2004 (Reader).
Friday, December 5
39.
Discussion Section.
Discussion #12. Are we at the “End of History” or beginning the
“Age of Rage”?
For this discussion, you must read the following article ahead of time: Francis Fukuyama: “End of History,” selections (Reader)
Also: Ecclesiastes 9:11 (Reader)
Monday, December 8
40.
Liberal Democracy: My Bias for Hope.
Today's Assumption: It's hard to be optimistic about the chances for
global liberalism, but it's reasonable to be hopeful.
Samuel Huntington: "A new era in Democracy"
HESBURGH LIBRARY ELECTRONIC RESERVE
Reflect: Congregation of Holy Cross 's contributions: Holy Cross Missions AND World
Distribution of Generosity
Kurt Andersen: "The end of the world as they know it"
Wednesday, December 10
41.
History & Us.
Inconvenient Truth #3: "We are not the End of History."
Roger Cohen, "Paris vs. Havana"
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